The average car moves just 5% of the time. To improve cities, focus on the other 95% In Ireland people ask St Anthony to help them find parking spaces. In Chicago, if you shovel the …
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Germany mulling fare-free public transport (Deutsche Welle, in English)
Can free public transport really reduce pollution? But to reduce pollution, it might be better off investing in improved services and penalizing car use, expert Oded Cats explains. Under pressure from the European Union to …
Continue readingIndia trials satellite-enabled ERTMS warning system (SmartRailWorld)
India has joined a growing number of countries looking to the skies to improve their safety, after the country’s train operator used satellite technology to alert road users of trains approaching trains at crossings. Indian …
Continue readingNYC Enhanced Station Initiative: 53 St (MTA)
YouTube video of the first of thirty-three ESI station renovations in New York City. They feature improved passenger flow, signage, maps, and a system service dashboard.
Continue readingSpinetta wields Beeching axe in France (Pedestrian Observations)
What the Spinetta Axe Reveals About Cost Control The Macron administration commissioned a report about the future of SNCF by former Air France chief Jean-Cyril Spinetta. Spinetta released his report four days ago, making it …
Continue readingIs the dockless bike-share revolution a mirage? (StreetsBlog)
After dockless bike-share companies blanketed cities in China with millions of bicycles, firms like ofo and LimeBike set their sights on American markets, backed by heaps of venture capital. They’ve put thousands of bikes on …
Continue readingSingapore creating a Subterranean Master Plan (NextCity)
Planners, policymakers and urban practitioners from across the world are gathering in Kuala Lumpur for World Urban Forum 9. Yingxin Zhou works as a mining engineer in a country with no mines. He’s from Singapore, …
Continue readingElectric ferries are coming (Crosscut, Passenger Ship)
Orca-friendly, all-electric car ferry – Washington state is poised to embark on an experiment in electric car ferries that could eventually transform the largest ferry fleet in the nation. And little Skagit County is leading …
Continue readingHow long a train journey will compete with air travel? (CityLab)
Can Eurostar compete with airlines? As flying grows even less attractive, a new London-to-Amsterdam rail route could steal passengers from the skies. This is a question surfacing in Europe this month, as the first-ever direct …
Continue readingAutomation speeds up metros (Metro Report)
The benefits of automated metros are well-known, apart perhaps from the higher speeds that automation brings. Driverless metros, which are becoming increasingly common around the world, generally have low operational labour costs as well as …
Continue readingTurning sleepers into solar power stations (Railway Technology)
Sleepers made from secondary waste materials, which can integrate sustainable power systems, have the potential to turn railways all over the world into producers of clean energy. An Italian startup backed by EU funding hopes …
Continue readingEdinburgh Trams sees huge shift to contactless payment (Intelligent Transport)
Journeys on Edinburgh Trams increased by 19 per cent from 2016 to 2017, reaching 6.6 million, leading to the company embracing new technology to meet the demands of its rising number of customers… Within two …
Continue readingLecture : Mass transit in age of new mobility (UCL Bartlett School)
TfL’s Chief Technology Officer Shashi Verma is the next speaker in The Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management’s 2017-18 keynote lecture series. Rapidly increasing urbanisation and digitisation of society means that the need for …
Continue readingAI harnessed to make railways safer (Railway Technology)
Researchers from the University of Huddersfield and the University of Leeds have trialled AI software that is designed to make railways safer, as part of a £680,000 project called Smart Maintenance and the Rail Traveller …
Continue readingDeutsche Bahn unveils Idea Train (Smart Rail World)
Deutsche Bahn’s Idea Train promises to be the most relaxing train ever. The morning commute could become a pleasure rather than a chore if Deutsche Bahn’s vision for rail travel becomes reality, with rigid traditional …
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